The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 14 Stay Away from Him
After hearing Li Diudiu's question, Aunt Wu was obviously unwilling to answer. She really wanted to turn around and leave, but she really liked Li Diudiu. He was born with handsome features and had gained a little weight recently. He looked even better than when they first met.
The most important thing is that Li Diudiu's eyes seem to be able to speak. They are the same people with bright spots on their black eyeballs, and they also have two or three spots, but the more you look at Li Diudiu's eyes, the more they look like stars, clean and clear.
"Mr. Li."
Aunt Wu said awkwardly, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but no one is allowed to talk about that person in the academy. You just need to remember to stay away from him."
After saying this, Aunt Wu turned around and went back to the kitchen, as if she didn't dare to say another word.
"Stay away from him again."
Li Diudiu muttered to himself, but the more he thought about it, the more curious he became.
Just at this moment, Xiahou Zhuo came in leisurely from outside, with a folding fan slanted in his collar, looking nonchalant.
"Aunt Wu."
Xiahou Zhuo shouted to the kitchen: "Give me some dumplings."
Aunt Wu was startled by the voice of Aunt Wu, and hurried out to greet her: "Yes, yes, I'll be right there. What kind of dumplings do you want, Master Xiahou?"
Xiahou Zhuo pointed at Li Diudiu and said, "I will eat whatever filling he had before."
Li Diudiu said: "You don't like to eat it, you spit it out last time."
Xiahou Zhuo glanced at Li Diudiu and said, "Why should I care?"
Li Diudiu was speechless.
Xiahou Zhuo sat down, leaned back in his chair, and put his legs on the table. Li Diudiu said, "This is the dining table."
Xiahou Zhuo asked: "So?"
Li Diudiu said: "So you have to put your feet down."
Xiahou Zhuo would not listen to Li Diudiu. He smiled and asked, "I heard that you went to ask how much it would cost to buy a house yesterday?"
Li Diudiu was surprised. How come this guy knew everything? Who told him?
"I just found out about this. My junior sister asked me to apologize to you on her behalf."
Xiahou Zhuo said, "She was stopped by the dean and couldn't come out. She didn't mean to stay back. Don't blame her."
Li Diudiu nodded: "Nothing."
Xiahou Zhuo said, "Don't even think about buying a house. First, you can't make that much money. Second, even if you make money, no one will sell it to you. The most valuable thing in Jizhou City now is the house. Many outsiders are trying to get in. There are countless people who are richer than you, but very few can buy a house."
Li Diudiu said: “Thank you.”
"Thanks?"
Xiahou Zhuo smiled sarcastically: "Do you really think you can buy a property in Jizhou City?"
Li Diudiu didn't answer. He turned around and called to Aunt Wu, "Aunt Wu, give me four servings of dumplings."
Xiahou Zhuo frowned and said, "You eat it every day, don't you get tired of it?"
Li Diudiu imitated his tone and replied: "Why do you care?"
Xiahou Zhuo seemed to be interested. In the Four Pages Academy, there were really few people who dared to say these three words in front of him. He found Li Diudiu's lack of knowledge somewhat amusing.
Li Diudiu was waiting for Aunt Wu to deliver dumplings and asked curiously, "Brother, why are you helping me? Are you pitying me?"
Xiahou Zhuo smiled and said, "What else? If I don't feel sorry for you, does that mean I still like you? I do things based on my personal preferences. To me, there is no difference between feeling sorry for a person and feeling sorry for a cat or a dog."
Li Diudiu was silent for a moment and then said, "Thank you again."
Xiahou Zhuo snorted: "Same thing, no need, I've already received your money."
Li Diudiu said: "You are not short of money."
Xiahou Zhuo: "I have no shortage of money. For you, it is difficult to buy a house with 200 taels of silver. For me, 200 taels of silver is not enough for my monthly pocket money. Are you envious?"
Li Diudiu suddenly remembered the team of elite cavalry that he and his master met on the way to Jizhou. The captain in the lead looked much more imposing than Xiahou Zhuo. He still remembered the man's name, Luo Jing, who was said to be the youngest master in the northern border of Great Chu.
The master also asked him a question that day, are you envious?
Li Diudiu’s answer at that time was, envy.
When he heard Xiahou Zhuo ask him whether he was envious or not, he suddenly felt that he was not envious at all, so he shook his head.
Xiahou Zhuo asked: "Not envious? Is that true or false?"
Li Diudiu said: “Really.”
“Why not envy?”
“Because envy doesn’t come.”
Li Diudiu smiled when he saw the dumplings coming up. Seeing him like this, Xiahou Zhuo couldn't help but sigh with some regret: "That's right, a poor man like you can smile after eating dumplings, and that's what satisfies you. You don't envy me because you can't see clearly what kind of life I lead."
Li Diudiu said as he ate: "The dumplings will stick together soon, eat quickly."
Xiahou Zhuo felt that Li Diudiu was just a piece of wood and could not be enlightened no matter how hard he tried.
"ask you a question."
He looked into Li Diudiu's eyes and asked, "How many people asked you to stay away from me?"
Li Diudiu didn't answer and just focused on eating his dumplings.
Seeing him like that, Xiahou Zhuo suddenly became angry for some reason and slapped him across, knocking all the plates in front of the two people to the ground with a crisp sound. Everyone in the cafeteria was startled.
"Eat shit!"
Xiahou Zhuo stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand and grabbed the collar of Li Diudiu's clothes. His arms were so strong that he lifted Li Diudiu up directly. Li Diudiu's feet were off the ground and he was held in the air with one hand.
"Tell me how many people have asked you to stay away from me."
Xiahou Zhuo asked again, and Li Diudiu saw that his eyes were a little red. He didn't know why Xiahou Zhuo was suddenly so excited, but he still didn't want to answer . The people who said this were Mr. Yan Qingzhiyan and Aunt Wu. Li Diudiu didn't want to talk about either of them.
Everyone was looking at this side. Aunt Wu was so scared that her face turned pale. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but finally held it back.
The more Li Diudiu didn't speak, the more ferocious Xiahou Zhuo's expression became. At a certain moment, Li Diudiu even noticed a fierce look in Xiahou Zhuo's eyes, which must be murderous intent.
So at that moment, Li Diudiu had thought of at least three ways to escape.
After a moment, the fierce light in Xiahou Zhuo's eyes gradually disappeared, and even a hint of guilt flashed by.
He put Li Diudiu down and shouted to Aunt Wu, "Give me four more servings of dumplings."
Li Diudiu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Just a moment ago, he almost couldn't help but attack because he felt threatened. His master said that martial arts to the extreme can become killing skills, and killing skills should not be used lightly unless it is a matter of life and death.
After a while, Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu and asked, "Do you want to know me?"
Li Diudiu nodded: "Yes."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "Eat, and then follow me after dinner."
All the dumplings on the table were swept to the ground by him. Seeing that Xiahou Zhuo had calmed down, Aunt Wu quickly cleaned up the floor. After waiting for a while, four servings of dumplings came up and Xiahou Zhuo picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
"mine."
Li Diudiu said seriously: "Four portions, one for me and one for you."
Xiahou Zhuo didn't stop, he ate with big mouthfuls, he ate twenty, no more, no less, he put down his chopsticks after he finished eating: "I forgot to ask for my share."
A young man of seventeen or eighteen seemed very full after eating one serving of dumplings, but Li Diudiu ate three servings and still didn't feel full.
"gone."
Xiahou Zhuo got up and walked out without caring whether he was full or not. Li Diudiu hurriedly chased after him and turned back to smile apologetically at Aunt Wu. Aunt Wu's eyes were full of concern, and Li Diudiu could see that what Aunt Wu's eyes meant was... stay away from him.
"You still have about half an hour before you go to class. I'll use this time to let you get to know me."
Xiahou Zhuo was walking and talking when he saw a few disciples from the academy coming over. He waved to them. They were obviously startled, but they didn't dare to not come. They lowered their heads and ran to him. Several of them bowed to him at the same time.
"Brother."
They all shouted, with a humble attitude.
"Can you afford to offend me?"
Xiahou Zhuo asked.
Those people shook their heads like rattles.
Xiahou Zhuo asked again: "Can your family afford to offend me?"
Those people shook their heads even faster.
Xiahou Zhuo nodded with satisfaction: "Go away."
So those academy disciples ran away as if they had been pardoned.
Xiahou Zhuo put his hands behind his head and walked forward lazily, saying as he walked: "This academy is a place to read sage books, but I don't want to read any sage books. Someone threw me here because I'm an eyesore. Maybe they want to cause trouble everywhere with my temper. If they meet a tough guy, they will kill me. But no one dares to kill me."
Li Diudiu didn’t quite understand.
"I am a bastard."
Xiahou Zhuo stopped, turned to look at Li Diudiu and said, "Do you think you're pitiful just because you're an orphan? Hahahaha..."
He laughed so hard that his face became distorted, but there was no trace of happiness in his smile. It made people feel uneasy.
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you."
Xiahou Zhuo continued to walk forward. A few more disciples from the academy came over. Xiahou Zhuo gestured to them, and those people, like the previous ones, ran to Xiahou Zhuo fearfully and saluted.
"I want to eat Li Ji's peach cakes and almond cookies. Go buy them and send them to my place."
Xiahou Zhuo gave an order, and those people immediately nodded and responded, then turned around and ran away.
“This is me.”
Xiahou Zhuo glanced at Li Diudiu and said, "You can get out too."
Li Diudiu sighed: "Do you feel that you are quite pitiful?"
Xiahou Zhuo glared at him: "I am pitiful? I have endless money, why should I be pitiful? You are the pitiful one... With just one word from me, someone will do everything they can to buy a house without spending a single copper coin, but I won't help you, because what I can do has nothing to do with you."
Li Diudiu nodded: "I know."
Xiahou Zhuo was stunned for a moment, looked into Li Diudiu's eyes and asked, "Are you still not envious?"
Li Diudiu hummed and said, "I'm not envious."
Xiahou Zhuo looked at him for a long time, then burst into laughter: "You are really a fucking freak... If you are bullied in the future, you can come to me, and you can also tell others that you are my little brother."
"I don't."
Li Diudiu said seriously: "No one can bully me unless I want to."
Xiahou Zhuo laughed so hard that tears came out this time. He patted Li Diudiu on the shoulder and said, "I believe you."
Li Diudiu said in a condescending manner : "You should believe me."
After saying that, he turned and left.
"I have to go to class. The key is here. The teacher will scold me if I don't go."
Xiahou Zhuo watched the guy run away, and couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said to himself: "Why do I feel that this guy is happier than me? Obviously I have everything, and obviously he has nothing."
